Jamal Maarouf

Jamal Maarouf was the leader of the Syria Revolutionaries Front during the Syrian Civil War.

Biography
Jamal Maarouf was initially a construction worker before the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, and he served in prison for sexual assault. He was one of the first people in Idlib Governorate to take up arms against the Syrian Arab Republic, and he called for Alawites to be expelled from Aleppo Governorate. In December 2011 he created the Syrian Martyrs' Brigade as a part of the Free Syrian Army, later forming the Saudi Arabia-backed Syria Revolutionaries Front, which was accused of being corrupt. The SRF hoarded bread to sell it at higher prices, leading to the al-Nusra Front attacking the SRF in northwestern Syria. After his group was decisively defeated by the al-Nusra Front, he fled to Turkey.